In a sleepy Danish town, death lurks amongst the dusty bric‑a‑brac…The elderly volunteers at the second-hand shop keep dying. Heart attacks. Strokes. A simple case of old age, say the police. Sad but inevitable.Newly retired Mrs Mortensen begs to differ. This "Danish Miss Marple" and her loyal dachshund, Mortensen III, sniff a sinister pattern at work.Armed with a fierce sense of justice and a fondness for tea and cake, Anne-Maj launches her own investigation. The f...

Death is best served... pampered?When a woman is brutally murdered at a luxury spa resort, it's the retiree Anne-Maj Mortensen who stumbles upon the body.Despite being slowed down by a recent knee operation, she takes matters into her own hands and launches her own investigation, much to the dismay of the local police.But when another murder is committed, Mrs Mortensen can't help be be drawn further into the cast. Can she solve the mystery and outsmart the killer be...

In a sleepy Danish town, death lurks amongst the dusty bric‑a‑brac…The elderly volunteers at the second-hand shop keep dying. Heart attacks. Strokes. A simple case of old age, say the police. Sad but inevitable.Newly retired Mrs Mortensen begs to differ. This "Danish Miss Marple" and her loyal dachshund, Mortensen III, sniff a sinister pattern at work.Armed with a fierce sense of justice and a fondness for tea and cake, Anne-Maj launches her own investigation. The f...

Bloomsbury presents Home by Cailean Steed, read by Paula Masterton.'Such a good read' Val McDermid'Absorbing, moving, and alarmingly believable' Carole Johnstone, author of Mirrorland'Home is a white-hot gem of a book; brilliantly researched, so gripping and propulsive you’ll want to consume it in one go' Kirstin Innes, author of Scabby QueenSomeone has broken into Zoe’s flat. A man she thought she’d never have to see again.They call him the Hand of G...

Growing, growing, gone…Penrith, in the heart of the Lake District, is not the kind of place you can easily vanish.Certainly not when the members of the Penrith Bingo Club are trying to track you down. But even stalwart sleuth, Amita Khatri, and her son in law, Jason, are foxed this time when a local woman tells them her husband, a mild-mannered academic has gone missing.And he’s not the only person to disappear. Soon Amita, Jason, and irascible reti...

One Day meets Up: The House That Made Us is a love story – and a life story – told through a series of photographs and based on a true storyWhen Mac and Marie marry and find a home of their own, Mac takes a snap of themselves outside their newbuild bungalow, the garden bare and the paint on the front door still wet. It becomes a tradition, this snap, and slowly the photographs build into an album of a fifty-year partnership.Every ...

Growing, growing, gone…Penrith, in the heart of the Lake District, is not the kind of place you can easily vanish.Certainly not when the members of the Penrith Bingo Club are trying to track you down. But even stalwart sleuth, Amita Khatri, and her son in law, Jason, are foxed this time when a local woman tells them her husband, a mild-mannered academic has gone missing.And he’s not the only person to disappear. Soon Amita, Jason, and irascible reti...

A Kirkus Reviews Earphones Award WinnerKausar Khan returns to dispense more vigil-aunty justice in the second installment of the critically acclaimed Detective Aunty series—and this time, the crime Kausar is investigating is dredging up memories she buried long ago . . .When Kausar Khan moved back to Toronto to be closer to her family, she didn't expect to have another murder investigation on her hands so soon—or ...

'Captures the bold, engaging spirit of one of Britain’s best-loved sporting heroes' Sunday Times'A fascinating read and sure to be the definitive account of his life' Mark KnopflerSHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS WRITING BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDEven in the midst of a global pandemic, the death of Stirling Moss on 12 April 2020 at the age of 90 made headlines, almost 60 years after he retired from Formula One. In The Boy

A truly Canadian cozy mystery, All Rise for Murder finds three generations of Kirby women suddenly under one roof in charming West Elk—just as the peaceful town seems to become the centre of a devious plot to frame an innocent young man for murder.Maude Kirby has recently been dumped by her diplomat husband and has moved back to her quirky hometown of West Elk, BC, to live with her ever-optimistic, fashion-forward mother, Val. On the ropes financially, and...

Read by the author, Tracy Whitwell.Ever since Tanz discovered she could speak with the dead, life became a whole lot more interesting. But after putting herself in grave danger helping to solve a grisly murder, she’s determined to ignore the voices and put all that nasty business behind her.So when she’s offered another acting gig in her hometown of Newcastle, it feels like a perfect opportunity to spend some time with family and have a laugh with ...

The truth can be hidden . . . but secrets always surfaceThe peace of Kielder Water is shattered when tourists open a barrel they found floating in the reservoir at dawn. Detectives Stone and Oliver are called to examine the skeletal remains inside.The tourists are eliminated from the investigation, but that same day a second body is discovered - this one with skin. Have the police let the killer leave the scene?While Stone investigates the remains, ...